Pancic's Peak
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Pančić's Peak is the highest point in the Kopaonik mountain range
. The peak is located on the border between Central Serbia
and Kosovo
. Next to the radio tower at its top is a memorial to Josif Pančić. The peak is 2017 m high, and can be easily reached from the Konaci tourist complex by foot. The Serbian portion of Pančić's Peak and the Kopaonik mountains are part of the Kopaonik National Park.
The mountain peak was previously named Milan's Peak (Миланов врх, Milanov vrh) after the first king of modern Serbia, Milan Obrenović. On 7 July 1951 it was renamed after the Serbian botanist Josif Pančić
, who is buried at the top in a small mausoleum
damaged during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
The peak is on the Serbian side of the border to Kosovo
and defines the border to South Central Serbia
, the Mountain itself is split between the two regions.
Kopaonik
Kopaonik ; is one of the larger mountain ranges of Serbia. It is located in the central part of Serbia, while a small portion extendeds to North Kosovo. Its highest point, Pančić's Peak, is above sea level....
. The peak is located on the border between Central Serbia
Central Serbia
Central Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...
and Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. Next to the radio tower at its top is a memorial to Josif Pančić. The peak is 2017 m high, and can be easily reached from the Konaci tourist complex by foot. The Serbian portion of Pančić's Peak and the Kopaonik mountains are part of the Kopaonik National Park.
The mountain peak was previously named Milan's Peak (Миланов врх, Milanov vrh) after the first king of modern Serbia, Milan Obrenović. On 7 July 1951 it was renamed after the Serbian botanist Josif Pančić
Josif Pancic
Josif Pančić OSS was a Serbian botanist. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Pančić is credited for discovering the new species of coniferthe Serbian Spruce.-Biography:...
, who is buried at the top in a small mausoleum
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...
damaged during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
The peak is on the Serbian side of the border to Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
and defines the border to South Central Serbia
Central Serbia
Central Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...
, the Mountain itself is split between the two regions.